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Introduction
Test your knowledge of common expressions with our Face Idioms Quiz with Answers! This engaging quiz will help you learn and practice idioms like “face the music” and “save face” while improving your understanding of their meanings and usage.
Perfect for English learners and idiom enthusiasts, this fun activity comes with answers to help you check your progress.
Let’s get started!
If you need a recap about face idioms, jump to the review section at the end of this post!
Face Idioms Quiz with Answers
Instructions
Multiple-Choice Questions:
Read each sentence carefully and select the correct idiom to complete it from the four options provided.
Gap-Fill Exercise:
Fill in the blanks using the appropriate idiom related to “face.” Choose from the list of idioms provided. Ensure the idiom fits the context of the sentence.
1. Multiple Choice Face Idioms Quiz
2. Expressions with face Gap-Fill Quiz
Face Idioms Review
Here’s a list of 10 idioms related to “face,” along with their meanings:
10 Face Idioms:
- Face the music
- Meaning: To confront the consequences of one’s actions.
- Example: After skipping classes, he had to face the music when his parents found out.
- Put on a brave face
- Meaning: To appear confident or happy in a difficult situation.
- Example: She put on a brave face despite the challenges at work.
- In your face
- Meaning: An expression used to describe something bold, direct, or confrontational.
- Example: The advertisement was so in-your-face that it grabbed everyone’s attention.
- Lose face
- Meaning: To suffer embarrassment or a loss of respect.
- Example: He didn’t want to lose face by admitting he was wrong.
- Save face
- Meaning: To avoid embarrassment or preserve one’s dignity.
- Example: She apologized publicly to save face after the mistake.
- Face like thunder
- Meaning: To look very angry or upset.
- Example: He had a face like thunder when he heard the bad news.
- Fly in the face of
- Meaning: To go against or challenge something, especially conventional wisdom or expectations.
- Example: His decision flies in the face of all logic.
- Make a face
- Meaning: To grimace or distort one’s facial expression, often to show dislike or amusement.
- Example: The child made a face when asked to eat broccoli.
- Two-faced
- Meaning: To be deceitful or insincere; to act differently in front of different people.
- Example: I don’t trust her because she’s so two-faced.
- Face value
- Meaning: The literal or apparent meaning of something, without deeper interpretation.
- Example: Don’t take his words at face value; he might be joking.
